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Not All Rainbows & Butterflies – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today +1

What Makes a Catholic a Good Catholic? – Deacon John Bacon at Catholic Stand +1

Our Daily Struggle & The Final Battle – Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D., at Catholic Exchange

Abortion: America’s Mortal Sin – Ray Sullivan at Catholic Stand

The Many Meanings Of Salt In The Bible – Daniel Esparza at Aleteia

Christendom Students See The Face Of Christ In The Homeless – Christendom College

The World’s Worst Injustice – Trent Horn at Catholic Answers Magazine

One Reason The Australian Labor Party Lost The Election: Christophobia – Kevin Donnelly, Ph.D., at The Catholic Weekly

Some Correctives To Mary McAleese’s Trinity College Remarks – Edward N. Peters, J.C.D., J.D., at In the Light of the Law

Painting the Nude: The Theology of the Body & Representation of Man in Christian Art – David Clayton at New Liturgical Movement

Why Hell Is Eternal & Other Teachings On Hell – Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

4 Catholic Attitudes Toward Extraterrestrials – Tom Hoopes at Aleteia

Lebanon’s Christians Threatened, Need US Help – Nina Shea

Lust Gets Headlines, But Avarice Darkens The Soul & Hardens The Heart – Chad C. Pecknold, Ph.D., at Catholic Herald

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Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis